E. Nketiah has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by A. Iwobi.
Iwobi has been a real handful for Burnley today and grabs his second assist of the match with a perfectly weighted pass into Nketiah who applies the finish. That should wrap it up for Arsenal.
GOAL! Nketiah seals the points for Arsenal! Iwobi slides the ball into the path of Nketiah who advances down the left side of the box before squeezing his effort beyond Heaton from an acute angle. 3-1.
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Iwobi is still causing Burnley all kinds of problems. The Nigerian pulls the ball back to Aubameyang in the centre of the box, but the Arsenal striker blazes his effort over the bar.
90'
There will be four added minutes at the end of this match.
89'
Lowton once again delivers a tempting cross into the box which Barnes rises highest to meet, but the Burnley striker steers his header wide to the right of Leno’s goal.
88'
Westwood is fouled by Mkhitaryan down the left side of the field, but the free-kick comes to nothing as Koscielny easily heads it away to safety.
82'
R. Brady enters the game and replaces J. Hendrick.
Burnley make their final change of the game as Hendrick makes way for Brady. There are less than 10 minutes left to play.
81'
Mkhitaryan goes in late on Hendrick and Burnley win a free-kick on the halfway line.
79'
Arsenal work a quick counter and Nketiah receives the ball in the centre of the box. The substitute turns brilliantly before seeing his effort blocked by Tarkowski.
77'
P. Crouch enters the game and replaces C. Wood.
The hosts make their second substitution of the game as Crouch comes on to replace Wood. It remains 2-1.
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J. Cork gets yellow.
Cork fouls Guendouzi from behind and is given a yellow card. The Burnley midfielder cannot have any complaints about that decision.
71'
Mkhitaryan tries his luck from range, but the midfielder’s effort is well saved by Heaton in the centre of the goal.
69'
Mkhitaryan gets the ball out of his feet neatly on the edge of the area before seeing his effort blocked behind for a corner off Mee. The resulting set-piece comes to nothing.
65'
A. Barnes has scored a goal for Burnley! Assist by J. Guðmundsson.
GOAL! Barnes pulls one back! Following a cross from the right, Arsenal fail to clear their lines and Gudmundsson is on hand to pick the ball up down the left side of the box. The substitute delivers a good cross into the box which Barnes heads beyond Leno and into the bottom right corner from close range. 2-1.
Gudmundsson had only been on the park for one minute before providing the spark that Burnley have missed for large parts of this game. The winger’s delivery was absolutely inch-perfect for Barnes to turn home. Game on!
64'
J. Guðmundsson enters the game and replaces D. McNeil.
Burnley make their first change of the match as McNeil makes way for Gudmundsson.
63'
P. Aubameyang has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by A. Iwobi.
GOAL! Aubameyang again! Iwobi finds space down the left side of the penalty area before chipping a wonderful cross in towards the far post. Aubameyang meets it so sweetly to volley the ball beyond Heaton and into the back of the net. 2-0.
Iwobi has been lively seen the restart and provided a real moment of quality to pick out Aubameyang at the far post who applied a sublime finish. Wonderful football from Arsenal.
62'
E. Nketiah enters the game and replaces J. Willock.
Arsenal make their second substitution of the match as Nketiah comes on to replace Willock with just under 30 minutes left to play.
60'
Lowton once again finds space down the right to swing a dangerous cross into the penalty area, but Koscielny is well placed to head the ball away with Barnes lurking on the penalty spot.
57'
The away side are content to keep the ball now as they look to control the game following Aubameyang’s opening goal.
52'
P. Aubameyang has scored a goal for Arsenal!
M. Guendouzi gets yellow.
GOAL! Arsenal lead! Cork’s pass back to Mee is poorly controlled by the English defender and Aubameyang nips in to claim the loose ball. The Arsenal striker keeps his cool when one-on-one with Heaton and calmly places his effort into the bottom right corner of the net from the centre of the box. 1-0.
Guendouzi picks up a yellow card for squaring up to Barnes in the goal celebrations.
49'
Following the foul on Iwobi, Mkhitaryan’s free-kick is delivered straight into the arms of Heaton.
48'
M. Lowton gets yellow.
Iwobi looks to skip away from Lowton down the left flank, but the Burnley defender lunges in with a late challenge and is given a yellow card.
46'
We are back underway! Burnley get the second half kicked off.
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HALF TIME: BURNLEY 0-0 ARSENAL
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J. Tarkowski gets yellow.
Tarkowski receives a yellow card following a cynical foul on Iwobi down the right-hand side of the field. He can have no complaints about that one.
45'
There will be three added minutes at the end of the first half.
43'
The Gunners work the ball around neatly just inside the Burnley half with a few clever passes, but Westwood pounces to win back possession from Willock following a poor first touch.
41'
Barnes clips Guendouzi with a late challenge in the centre of the park and Arsenal are awarded a free-kick.
39'
Arsenal are enjoying a good spell of possession at present as they look to force an opening from deep. The play gets spread over to the right for Lichtsteiner, and his cross is deflected behind for a corner off Taylor. The away side take it short but Mkhitaryan’s delivery into the box is easily headed to safety.
36'
Taylor looks to beat Lichtsteiner down the left, but the ball deflects behind for a corner off the Arsenal defender. Westwood’s delivery is deep and Wood’s knockdown is turned behind for another corner off Guendouzi.
34'
L. Koscielny enters the game and replaces K. Mavropanos.
Arsenal are forced into their first change of the match as the injured Mavropanos is replaced by Koscielny.
29'
Lichtsteiner drives a low cross into the box from the right flank, but Cork is well placed to hook the ball clear from the centre of the box.
26'
Aubameyang looks to take on Tarkowski down the left side of the penalty area, but the English defender times his tackle to perfection and Burnley win a goal-kick after the ball deflects behind off the Arsenal striker.
24'
Taylor gets away down the left-hand side once more, but his delivery into the box is easily nodded to safety by Monreal.
22'
A. Barnes gets yellow.
Barnes picks up the first yellow card of the match after a squaring up to Leno following a collision with the Arsenal goalkeeper.
21'
The following corner is delivered into the far post once again and Tarkowski’s header is easily saved by Leno.
18'
Monreal finds space down the left before cutting inside and whipping a dangerous cross into the box. The delivery evades everybody and just fizzes wide of the far post.
17'
Burnley work another bright move which results in Cork floating a pass over the top of the Arsenal defence for Wood, but once again the Burnley striker is flagged for offside.
14'
Following a frantic start to proceedings, the game has calmed down a little over the last few minutes. Arsenal are looking to get on the ball and dictate the pace of the game at present.
12'
Willock tries his luck from the centre of the box following Monreal’s cross from the left, but Tarkowski stands tall to block the Arsenal midfielder’s effort behind for a corner which comes to nothing.
10'
Taylor looks to play Wood in behind, but the striker just made his run a fraction too easily and is flagged for offside.
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SAVE! Aubameyang gets played in down the right side of the penalty area by Mustafi, but his first-time shot from an acute angle is well saved in the middle of the goal by Heaton. The away side have started well.
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T. Heaton gets yellow.
Heaton is booked for a handball after punching the ball down low with Willock looking to advance down the right side of the penalty area following a throughball.
2'
Cork lays the ball off to his right for Lowton who skips behind Elneny in the middle of the park. The defender then looks to slide a pass through for Wood to chase, but Leno is quickly off his line to come out and claim the ball.
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Kick-off! The referee, Mike Dean, blows his whistle and Arsenal get the game underway.
Hello and welcome to live match coverage of the Premier League fixture between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor.
Burnley come into this clash looking to bounce back following their 2-0 defeat against Everton last time out. Arsenal, meanwhile, will also be looking to improve upon their previous Premier League match after drawing 1-1 with Brighton which saw the Gunners miss out on finishing in the top four.
BURNLEY (4-4-2): Tom Heaton; Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor; Jeff Hendrick, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil; Ashley Barnes, Chris Wood.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Shkodran Mustafi, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Nacho Monreal; Matteo Guendouzi, Mohamed Elneny; Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Joe Willock, Alex Iwobi; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
BURNLEY SUBS: Joe Hart, Kevin Long, Stephen Ward, Robbie Brady, Johann Gudmundsson, Matej Vydra, Peter Crouch.
ARSENAL SUBS: Petr Cech, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac, Granit Xhaka, Eddie Nketiah, Alexandre Lacazette.
The home side, who are currently sitting in 15th place, have failed to win any of their last three Premier League matches. At Turf Moor, however, Sean Dyche’s side have won three of their last six homes games and a win today could see the Clarets move above Newcastle in the table. Arsenal, on the other hand, secured their place in the Europa League final during the week after an impressive victory over Valencia. Domestically, however, the Gunners have won only won two of their previous six matches on the road and will looking to end their poor run of form away from home if they are to pick up a win on the final day of the season and beat Manchester United to fifth place.
The teams are out and kick-off will soon be upon us here at Turf Moor.
Burnley will be pleased with their first-half display and will look to continue in much the same fashion after the break. The physically of Wood and Barnes has caused the Arsenal defence issues and the hosts will look to their two strikers to break the deadlock after the restart. The visitors, meanwhile, will seek to get Aubameyang as involved as possible with his pace proving to be a real handful for the Burnley defence.
After today’s result, the hosts finish the season in 15th place in the Premier League table. Arsenal, meanwhile, have secured fifth place following today’s win over Burnley and can now turn their attentions to the Europa League final against Chelsea later this month.
That brings an end to our coverage of the Premier League fixture between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor. Thank you very much for joining us throughout the season. Goodbye!
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